Alethea

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Alethea: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Alethea: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #1,475 in 2000, and it stood at #3,015 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1475highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#2152
1998	#1979
1999	#1675
2000	#1475
2001	#2783
2002	#2301
2003	#1996
2004	#2530
2005	#1796
2006	#2781
2007	#2410
2008	#3397
2009	#2019
2010	#1731
2011	#1807
2012	#1649
2013	#2460
2014	#2203
2015	#1865
2016	#1920
2017	#2341
2018	#1977
2019	#1634
2020	#2042
2021	#1866
2022	#2325
2023	#2346
2024	#3015

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2683 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1475 among girls in England and Wales, in 2000 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3015 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Alethea by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Alethea in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	30	4 of 10	8
2000s	86	10 of 10	9
2010sbusiest	144	10 of 10	14
2020s	58	5 of 10	12

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 14 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Alethea appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1475 in England and Wales in 2000.

Alethea's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3015	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2346	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2325	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1866	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2042	13	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1634	18	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1977	14	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1920	15	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1865	15	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2203	12	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2460	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1649	18	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1807	15	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1731	16	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2019	12	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2410	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1796	12	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2530	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1996	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2301	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1475	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1675	10	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1979	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2152	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,475, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 18 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#3,015position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
18births registered in its largest year, 2012Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Alessia · #249, 29y
Alessio · #390, 30y
Aletheia · #2689, 10y
Alette · #323, 37y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Minna · #1475, 28y
Sima · #1473, 29y
Bebe · #1472, 24y
Hollie-Mae · #1472, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Minna · #1475, 28y
Sima · #1473, 29y
Bebe · #1472, 24y
Hollie-Mae · #1472, 24y

Alethea and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Alethea without appearing here.

Alethea moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1977 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1634 and #5591.
Brittany Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3397 and #2487 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1731 and #4688.
Carmel Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2341 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1977 and #4684.
Finlay Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3397 and #3005 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #2019 and #4564.

Moved ahead of Alethea

Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2346 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #1743.
Ida Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1475 and #2167 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #2783 and #1728.
Frida Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1796 and #1934 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #2781 and #1862.
Blake Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1649 and #1893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2460 and #1587.

Moved the opposite way to Alethea

Blake Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alethea went from #2152 to #3015 while Blake went from #3824 to #432.
Ezra Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alethea went from #2152 to #3015 while Ezra went from #3824 to #1302.
Frida Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alethea went from #1675 to #3015 while Frida went from #3900 to #811.
Meabh Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alethea went from #1675 to #3015 while Meabh went from #3225 to #952.

Moved the same way as Alethea

Hayden Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alethea went from #1475 to #3015 and Hayden from #3912 to #5891.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1475 in England and Wales in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Alethea

Alethea at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Alethea by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Alethea appears in

Popularity data

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Alethea at a glance

Alethea by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Alethea appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Alethea and the names beside it

Alethea moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Alethea

Moved the opposite way to Alethea

Moved the same way as Alethea